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China’s State-Owned Refineries to Raise Throughput in March: OilChem

OIL PRODUCTS

China’s state-owned refineries plan to raise throughput by 11.14% on the month in March to 43.81m mt, according to OilChem.

  • CDU capacity utilisation rates are expected to rise by 3.08 percentage points on the month to 80.08%.
  • Production of refined products is likely to gather momentum in March. Gasoline production will rise 1.4% on the month to 9.8m mt, diesel is up 19.7% to 11.19m mt, and jet fuel is up 9.64% to 4.85m mt.
  • Gasoil production is projected to increase more rapidly amid an increase in outdoor construction projects.
  • OilChem said that several state-owned refineries are expecting to carry out maintenance in March and April, including Sinopec Tianjin, Sinopec Tahe, Zhongke Refinery, and CNOOC Bitumen (Sichuan).

Source: OilChem

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